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  • Weekly News: Tracking Down the Untrackable

    Weekly News: Tracking Down the Untrackable

    Tracking down the untrackable; News Windows virtual desktop features,; How old is an old dev; Confronting the new data reality… Discover the weekly Tech & IT news.

    Tracking Down the Untrackable

    What can be worse than
    crushing your personal record and not being able to brag about it to your
    friends online? 

    Well, how about, for example, a ransomware attack.

    If you are a fitness lover or know someone who fits into this
    category, chances are you have already heard about the Garmin hack. 

    The American GPS and smartwatch maker was down for almost three days, its data and services held hostage for a ransom of $10m. As a result, users were unable to sync their devices with Garmin’s ecosystem of apps. 

    Evil Corp, a Russian hacking group behind a recent string of attacks on U.S. companies, is thought to be responsible for the incident.

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    New Windows Virtual Desktop features

    With the current pandemic, being able to
    deliver a secure Windows 10 desktop experience to remote workers has become a
    must for many companies. 

    First
    introduced under public preview, the Virtual Desktop updates are now
    generally available    . 

    The new,
    now-polished features include:

    • Azure portal integration and role-based access control (RBAC)
    • Scalable user management via the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
    • Monitoring logs now stored in Azure, for quicker troubleshooting and analysis
    • A/V redirect for Microsoft Teams

    New Windows Virtual Desktop features

    How old is an old dev?

    Unfortunately, age discrimination remains an
    issue in most industries and professions. 

    Whereas
    experience was once unanimously revered and treasured, our fast-paced society
    often tends to see older professionals as necessarily outdated. Rather than
    being the exception, IT is one of those areas in which the gap is even
    wider. 

    In a short paper published earlier this year, software engineering students went through popular online articles and related discussions on Hacker News to analyze how the media portrays the employability of older developers. 

    “Too old to be a developer” seems to be a common theme.

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    How old is an old dev?

    Confronting the new data reality

    European data
    watchdogs aren’t wasting any time. 

    Shortly after the European Court of Justice stroke down the Private Shield dataflow agreement between the U.S. and the E.U., the European Data Protection Board warned there will be no regulatory grace period.  

    Companies relying on the cross-Atlantic flow of data to conduct operations and sell products and services will have to adapt; and fast.

    Confronting the new data reality

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  • Weekly News: A Look at Diversity in Tech

    Weekly News: A Look at Diversity in Tech

    As the Black Lives Matter movement swipes through the globe with renewed strength, it’s time for communities and sectors of activity of all sorts to carry out an honest self-assessment. IT is no exception. Let’s talk about diversity in Tech.

    Computerworld looked
    at census and tech-sector data     of a few
    major Western countries to see how they are doing in terms of ethnic diversity
    in IT. Spoiler alert: not well at all.

    Unfortunately, only a handful of countries track industry-specific
    ethnic diversity, which complicated the analysis. Of those who do (U.K., U.S.
    and New Zealand), none comes even close to having an equitable ethnic
    representation in tech.

    The Western IT industry remains disproportionately white, particularly at the managerial level. Workers with Asian ancestry come in second place, but way beyond. 

    Much work left to be done. Let’s start by tracking these numbers more consistently.

    Diversity in Tech: What’s all that AR buzz about?

    Rumours and whispers suggest that Apple will
    soon introduce its own version of the ill-fated Google Glass. 

    The
    company has spent the last few years making several advancements and
    acquisitions in augmented reality (AR) and supporting technologies like Lidar. 

    Yes, the Google Glass failed strepitously, but Apple has a good track record when it comes to making a new product an indispensable part of everyone’s life — remember the first iPhone? 

    With AR seemingly about to become more of a real thing, one might wonder what exactly can be done with it. Especially in business. Here are some examples.

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    Closing the data tap

    Last week, the European Court of Justice
    (ECJ) ruled to
    invalidate     the E.U.- U.S. Privacy Shield agreement for data sharing over
    concerns around privacy and extreme surveillance practices.

    The
    court’s decision threatens to interrupt the free flow of data between the two
    regions, which serves as the basis for much of today’s digital trade an
    economic activity. 

    A myriad of solutions including Gmail, Zoom calls and CRM systems are all enabled by Privacy Shield. Furthermore, many businesses across Europe trust their data and workloads to U.S. cloud services like AWS and Microsoft Azure. 

    But tech giants and the enterprise world are not the only ones that stand to lose much. Thanks to Brexit, U.K. players might see access to E.U. data restricted as well. They can, after all, end up shipping it across the Atlantic anyway.

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    The impact of COVID-19 on enterprise IT

    A new
    Forrester report     has identified 5
    trends that outline the effect that the pandemic will have on technology and
    business in the short, medium and long term.

    The biggest shifts will involve: 

    • Safety and convenience influencing future customer expectations
    • Businesses leveraging digital engagement to create hybrid experiences
    • Firms and governments investing in a new workplace model
    • Companies doubling down on digital transformation
    • Business resiliency becoming a key competitive advantage

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